Soft-soled shoe.



G. W. GHESBRUUGH. SOFT SOLED SHOE.

APPLlcATIoN FILED s EPT. e, 1913.

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Specification o Letters Patent.

Patentedan. 5, 1915.

application filed Septemnee, ruis. Serial No. 788,432.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, Gnonon W. Criss- BROUGH, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of `New York, have invented certain new 'and nseui'mrovements in Soft-Soled Shoes; and fil do ereby declare the following to be a' full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specifica` tion, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon. My invention relates to soft soled shoes, more particularly infants shoes. A prime object of the invention is to provide anshoe of this type, having the attractive finished appearance of a welt shoe, while being in reality reduced by a simpler and cheaper process o the general character employed .in the production of turned shoes and of soft yielding material throughout.

A further object is to produce an inants artistic design at low cost and not shoe of u special machinery 1n requiring the use o,

the manufacture.

The aboveand other objects and features 0f the invention will be better understood i from the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings and will be thereafter pointed outy in the appended claim.

l "Referring toJ the drawings: Figure Il is a perspective .view of a shoe constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the forward part of tlie shoe; Fig. 3 is a perspective View showing" the". shoe before it is turned; Fig. 4 is a transverse section similar to Fig. 2 and showing Fig. 5" is a sole. assembled before being 'l united with the u' per.

felt or other soft material,

The outer sole, 0, preferably formed ci a piece of-kid or other soft leather, is united toen inner sole element l1, preferably oi by peripheral Stitching 12, therebeing desirably 'a filler piece 13 of thick paper or -the shoe'beiore turning, and perspective View showing the parts of the other suitable material interposed between these parts and extending out temeer the line of stitching l2, as shown.

ln accordance with my invention, I form the inner sole element or felt piece 11, with a peripheral extension 14 projecting al1 55 around some little distance beyondpthe outer sole l0. l'n assembling the upper 16 with the sole, this projectingportion 14 is bent down as seen in -Fig. t and the lower edge or" the upper 16 is stitched thereto as seen 60 at l5, these parts being thus in position for convenient stitching on an ordinary sewing machine. The shoe is now turned-e'. e. reversed from its .shape in Figs. 3 and 4 to that of Figs. l and 2, when the projecting edges of the upper end of the inner sole extension 14 are concealed inside the shoe, asv seen in Fig. 2, while the inner sole extension 14, showing as a strip or rib between the outer sole 10 and the upper, presents the 7o appearance of a welt, as in a welt shoe addin to the artistic nish of the shoe and being in reality a strong and reliable assem" blage ofthe shoe parts.

It, is to be observed that ,my improved shoe can be cheaply produced without any of the elaborate machines reduired for shoe manufacture, since both lines 12 vand 15 which complete the assemblage of the shoe parts, can 4.be made on an ordinary sewing machine. I consider the use of an' inner sole of felt or 'like material withits projecting peripheral edge 14 tobe a valuable and important eaturasince the elt'presents a soft surface to' the is cheaper than leather, readilyl obtained commercially. oi' a uniform"u thickness. Further, the rib facing of felt presented in the similitudeo a welt in the vfinished shoe, tnalres a particularly ,I )leasing'l 90 and 'attractive sate.

l do .not desire to be limited to the preoise embodiment-of bhe invention shown, as to details ofconstrncti'on and referto appended' claim, rather than tothe oregoi. ing description to indicatev the scope of the4 invention. Y

of the stitching foot and `'as well as being appearance as an 4artic eofy l the 95 and a shoe upper having its lower edge turned inwardly and secured by stitching to I claim as my invention: vv

Vthe inwardly turned edge of -said strip.

a A shoe comprising an outer sole, aninner Sole of soft material secured to said outer sole and having its entire peripheral edge GEORGE W. CHESBROUGH. 5 portioniturnedupwardly, forming a narrow Witnessest' f.

\ strip for the attachment of a shoe'upper, CLYDE L. :ROGERS74 the edge of said strip being turned inwardly, y HARRm'r T. VAY. 

